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Re: 3Com network card w/ Caldera (=? Debian)



On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 12:14:59PM -0600, Gregory Guthrie wrote:
> Is Caldera Open-server Debian? I think they say this.
> But, /etc files are not the same, setup looks different.
> 
> If so;-)
> 
> I am running with a 3C509b card, which I use on my other Debian systems, 
> and it gets the module loaded fine, ifconfig is happy, but nothing seems to 
> go out. Ping localhost works, but nothing to the network. The IP DNS etc 
> are all OK I think, since the adjacent Debian 2.2 box works fine with the 
> same settings.
> 
> I saw some mention of having to turn off PNP, a 3c5x9utils tool, ??
try apt-get install 3c5x9utils, and run 3c5x9setup as root, it can
configure irq and stuff, probably needed for linux driver, or you need
to use isapnp, but i recommend non-pnp mode set by 3c5x9setup.
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